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PLOW.U Vl\Io.359,46.5. Patented Mar. 15, 1887.

nom/vict I PATENT OFFICE@ rrnAvIs `PATIFLOF DONOHO, SOUTH CAROLINA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359, Application filed December 18, i886. Serial No. 221,971.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TRAVIS PATE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Donoho, in the county of Marion and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows; and I do hereby declare that the following kis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which .will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap- 4pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved plow-frame, showinga common shovel attached to it. Fig., 2 is a perspective view of the frame. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the frame, showing a sod-cutting blade and a shoe attached tothe same; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to frames .for plows having shovels or blades for cultivating or similar purposes; and it consists in the im proved construction and combination of parts of such a frame, in which the standard bearing the shovellor blade may be set at different angles, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed. A

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the beam, which may be of wood or iron, and which is provided at its forward end with a hook, 2, or clevis, for the attachment of the draft animal or animals, and to the rear end of which the handles may be at- .tached in any suitable manner.

Two pairs of flat slightly-curved bars, 3 and 4, are pivoted with their upper ends upon bolts 6 and 7 to the rear end of the beam and to the beam at a distance from the rear end, and t-he lower ends of thesearms or bars are pivoted upon bolts 8 and 9, passing through the ends of a bar, 10, which formsy the foot of the plow.

A fiat curved bar, 11, is pivoted upon a-bolt, 12, between the upper portions of the forward pair of curved bars, and projects rearward between the rear pair of curved bars, having its rear portion formed with a series of perforao tions, 13, which may register with tworegis- 465, dated March 15, 1887.

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tering-perforations, 14, in the lower portions of the rear curved bars, a suitable bolt or pin,

15, passing through the said perforations. As the lengths of the'standards 3 and 4 are not varied when the plow is set at different angles or depths, the bar 10 is always kept in the same relative position to the beam of the plow, and the entire change is effected by means of the removal and replacing of only one bolt.

The blade or shovel 16 is provided with a 6o bolt, 17, passing through it and projecting into. the slot formed between the forward pair of curved arms, and this bolt is provided with a nut, 18, bearing against the rear curved edges of the bars, securing the shovel or blade in 6'5 place, andit will be seen that the angle of the curved bars, and consequently of the blade or shovel, may be changed and adj usted by changing the bolt or pin from one perforation in the curved bar to another, the pitch or angle of. 7o the bars being steeper as the curved bar is drawnrearward, and vice versa. I

A sod-.cutting blade, 19, may besecuredto the lower horizontal bar, and this bar may be provided with a shoe or wearing-bar, 20, upon which it may slide upon the ground, the said bar preventing the horizontal bar from being worn by use.

It will be seen that any shape of blade or shovel may be secured by a bolt to the forward 83 pair of curved bars or standards, and that any forni of share or sod-cutting blade may be secured to the horizontal bar,`and that, if Aded sired, the entire body of a turning-plow may be secured to the frame, and the pitch of the 8 5 shovel or blade may be changed and-adjusted in a moment of' time', causing the plow to en-v ter the ground more or less, according to the .nature of the soil in which the plow is used and to the kind of work desired to be done. y go Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In a plow-frame, the combination of a beam, two pairs of fiat curvedA standards or g5 bars pivoted at their upper ends' tothe beam,

a flat bar pivoted with its ends between the lower ends of the curved bars, and a curved bar pivoted at its forward end between Vthe forward flat bars and projecting rearward be= roo tween the rear bars and havilw means for aderforations reeisterinT with erforations in o P a l Justlng 1t between thesald bars, as and for the the rear standards. and hav 1ng a pin or bolt purpose shown and set forth. for adjusting it between the same, as and for 15 2. In a plow-frame, the combination of a the purpose shown and set forth. 5 beam, two pairs of Hat curved bars or stand- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as ards pivoted with theirnpper ends to the beam, my own I have hereunto aixed my signature a flat bar pivoted at its ends between the in presence of two witnesses.

lower ends of the curved standards or bars, -YT f and a curved at bar pivoted at its forward TRA\ LS l AFL' 'Witnessesr N. E. STAFFORD, H. M. SrAoKHoUsi-i.

Io end between the forward standards and projecting with its rear end between the rear curved bars o1' standards, having a series of 

